I don't know about replacement panels, you might try checking with the manufacturers. Re the fridge, there is spray appliance paint. It has to be applied very evenly, with all the no-paint areas very well masked, to look good, but it can. I think there are also some roll on enamels which work. If you're going to paint you really should uninstall the appliance and do it outside. There's also some plastic film, similar to the kind they use for wrapping buses with advertisements, which you can apply. It's a lot less mess, though also takes a steady hand. I don't know prices, but it also might be worth the money to get rolls of magnet cloth and paint them to match then cut them to size. Or you can get sheets of stainless metal and cut them to size and use magnet or adhesive to adhere it. This last would work for the DW too.

Am I to understand you had to get a new husband to finish a kitchen remodel?!?! Ha Love it! TKO at its best... Just kidding - I have lived through those types of remodels; the only running water in the house was in a bathroom tub and being 9 months pregnant, then with a newborn... Please share pictures when you can. We celebrate with you!

Q-What is just to the right of the wall oven today? A- To the right of the wall oven is the doorway into the dining room. I agree with buehl that the current place of the cooktop is terrible. It seems that anyone walking by could brush their arm against a flame. I'd want to do something about it right away. I was thinking about the original question of removing the wall oven and filling that space with a range + micro. These things popped into my mind: - I assume there is some type of 'wall' barrier to the right of the wall oven today, right? So, was your husband suggesting to retain the cabinet/wall structures that are currently around the wall ovens, and slipping in the range/micro combo between the two 'walls'? - If his idea was to retain those wall structures, then potentially the right hand oven 'wall' would be a safety barrier between anyone walking through that doorway and the new range. However, you would probably have to remove the left hand oven 'wall' so that you have a landing place to the left of the new range. And buehl pointed out the need for air flow. Is the wall oven gas now? If gas, do you know what logistics it takes to remove it? I think that if you were to take the stop gap measure to put a freestanding range/micro there, it might have to be electric. I don't know if you could safely have a gas freestanding range with cabinet-like walls around it. You'd have to consult the installation booklet for the electric range to find out how close it can be to any combustible material on the side. If it is a freestanding electric range, I believe that it can be right up against a combustible item (for example, cabinet wall or house wall--I'm going by my own freestanding range's booket). Buehl is probably right about the building code if the range is gas; however, for a job of removing a wall oven and putting in an electrical outlet into which you plug in a new freestanding range, I am wondering if you'd even have to get a permit and have an inspection of that new range. I mean, if the wall oven is gas, there might need to be a permit for a gas pipe person to disconnect the gas, and if there's not a suitable electric receptacle for the new range, then you'd need an electrician to install one, and he'd need to get a permit to install the circuit/line for that new receptacle. But after that work is done and it's an empty space with an electric receptacle, and you buy a range and put it in position, I doubt there's any building office requirement where you call an inspector to come and inspect where you plugged in the new range. I guess what I'm saying is that if there's some 'wall' to the right of the wall oven space that you can keep to protect people from walking through that doorway and into your burners, and if you remove the left hand 'wall' so you have a landing space to the left of the range and proper air flow, then I can see how your husband's idea might work. It would get...

It should not present a problem to remove and reinstall a laminate counter, as long as it wasn't "built in place". Typically they are screwed to the cabinets from inside the cabinet. Remove and save the screws ( so you don't use to long a screw). If they have been caulked to the wall, use a utility knife to cut the caulk so you don't tear the drywall. Good Luck !